Matthew Gutschick

is a director, writer, teacher and producer. Directing credits include Twelfth Night and Anon(ymous) the Interlochen Center for the Arts, Wuthering Heights at the Mint Theatre in New York, and Whacked Fairy Tales at Twin City Stage. His plays have been workshopped/produced by Wordsmyth Theatre Company, Horse Trade Theater Group (NYC), Reverie Productions (NYC), Tri Sate Actors’ Theatre, and Magic Chicago. His company, MagicMouth Theatre, specializes in the combination of theatrical narratives and stage illusion. Matthew’s work for MagicMouth Theatre won a New Horizons Playwriting Award. He is the former artistic director at the Children’s Theatre of Winston-Salem. Matthew is the current Managing Director of the Yale Cabaret where he has produced over 14 world premieres. He is the recipient of a Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Fellowship in Entrepreneurship, a member of the Lincoln Center Directors Lab, and a graduate of the School at Steppenwolf. Matthew holds a BA in Theater from Wake Forest University and graduates with his MFA from the Yale School of Drama this May. Many thanks to Heidi, Lindsey and everyone at Horse Trade.

Shows participated in:
When Half the Sphere is Visible (2011 - 12) Playwright